Some people/styles say that you should punch with a whipping effect, "stopping" just before the target.
Other people/styles say that you should punch "through" a target, as if it was not there.
What are your point of views about this?
Squeeeez wrote:Some people/styles say that you should punch with a whipping effect, "stopping" just before the target.
Other people/styles say that you should punch "through" a target, as if it was not there.
What are your point of views about this?
Penetrating: The kind you use to break boards or kick in a door. It travels through the target as if to break it. This is the kind most practitioners think of when they speak about striking power.
Shockwave: The weapon lands and sticks. It is fired much like in penetrating impact, but it doesn’t try to go as deep. When it lands, it imparts the kinetic energy in a relatively large area.
Bouncing: The weapon hits and uses the impact to recoil quickly along the path it came. Think of it as throwing a ball at a wall to make it bounce back to you.
Ricochet: Similar to bouncing impact but instead of reversing the direction 180°, the weapon shoots off at a different angle, for instance 90°
Ripping: Picture it like slashing through a target with a sword. The weapon lands at an oblique angle, strikes the target and is then dragged across to come out the other end.
These categories are also not set in stone as there will be overlap between all of them depending on how you strike, the kind of weapon used, etc. But they’re practical to use for training purposes and determining how and why you use certain techniques.
Squeeeez wrote:Some people/styles say that you should punch with a whipping effect, "stopping" just before the target.
Other people/styles say that you should punch "through" a target, as if it was not there.
What are your point of views about this?
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